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the New Lenox Patriot | December 13, 2018 | 9<br />
Annual auction raises money for scholarships<br />
Megan Schuller<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
The VFW Post 9545 post<br />
was filled with more than<br />
350 women waiving numbered<br />
bidding paddles during<br />
an annual live auction<br />
that raises money to give<br />
back locally.<br />
The Lincoln-Way Area<br />
Business Women Organization’s<br />
one and only annual<br />
fundraiser of the year, which<br />
occurred Dec. 5, raises money<br />
for scholarships to give to<br />
women for continuing their<br />
education.<br />
“It only takes one night to<br />
raise the money needed for<br />
more than 10 scholarships,”<br />
Past LWABWO President<br />
Christine Hunt said. “This<br />
is the most effective way to<br />
raise money for this cause.”<br />
The event sold an array of<br />
gift baskets donated by local<br />
businesses ranging from holiday<br />
knick-knacks to tickets<br />
for Fiddler on the Roof to a<br />
Cooper’s Hawk wine club<br />
membership. Twenty-three<br />
mystery “gold” baskets,<br />
(Left to right) Lynore Taylor, of New Lenox; Maureen Oland,<br />
of Chicago; and Julie Yackley of Lemont bid during the live<br />
auction to benefit women furthering their education.<br />
which contain cash and other<br />
prizes, were each auctioned<br />
off for hundreds of dollars.<br />
Last year more than<br />
$16,000 was raised. That<br />
money was enough for 17<br />
scholarships, given to young<br />
women from the Lincoln-<br />
Way area for educational<br />
expenses.<br />
“Every dollar counts,”<br />
current LWABWO President<br />
Nancy Dye said. “The<br />
community embraces this<br />
event each year. They look<br />
forward to it because they<br />
understand the value of what<br />
this night does for the community.”<br />
As the annual event<br />
grows, so does the money it<br />
brings in. This year, $15,000<br />
was raised.<br />
“Our scholarship winners<br />
are always impressive,” Dye<br />
said. “Our hope is that this<br />
scholarship can start them<br />
off on the right foot.”<br />
Please see auction, 11<br />
Jeanine Cunningham, of Frankfort, holds up her bidding paddle before the bidding began.<br />
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Marilyn (left) and Kim Zanelli, both of Plainfield, browse the gift baskets to be auctioned off Dec. 4 during the LWABWO’s<br />
annual fundraiser at VFW Post 9545. Photos by Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media<br />
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